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Say  About  Its 

SANITATION 

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VENTILATION 


om  FOUR  LEADING  PHYSICIANS,  REPRESENTING  THE  MEDICAL 
FACULTY  OF  ASHEVILLE. 

We  have  carefully  examined  the  new  School  Buildings  on  Bingham 
Heights,  just  without  the  city  limits  of  Asheville,  and  take  pleasure  in  bear- 
ing testimony  as  follows : 

I.  The  Location  in  natural  advantages  leaves  nothing  to  be  desired. 

II.  The  Building's  exceptionally  fill  the  requirements. 

III.  The  Sanitation  is  as  perfect   as  scientific   modern   plumbing   can 

make  it. 

IV.  The  Water-Supply  is  abundant,  the  water  of  the  purest,  carefully 

collected  from  mountain  springs,  and  without  a  chance  of  contami- 
nation. 
V.  The  all-the-year  round  Climate  of  Asheville  is  world  re- 
nowned, and  with  the  School's  exceptionally  Excellent  Equip- 
ment and  Sanitation,  gives  Bingham's  Special  Advantages  not  en- 
joyed by  another  school  in  America* 

(Signed)  S.  WESTRAY  BATTLE,  M.  D.,  U.  S.  Navy. 

(Signed)  JOHN  HEY  WILLIAMS,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 

(Signed)  JAMES  A.  BURROUGHS,  M.  D. 

(Signed)  WILLIAM  D.  HILLIARD,  M.  D. 


From  KARL  VON  RUCK,  B.  S.,  M.  D.,  Medical  Director  of  WINYAH 
SANITARIUM,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

I  take  pleasure  in  reporting  the  results  of  my  recent  inspection  of  the 
buildings  and  environments  of  The  Bingham  School.  I  find  that  its  sanitary 
appointments  are  exceptionally  perfect  and  much  better  than  i  have 
Ever  found  before  in  the  numerous  public  institutions  I  have  heretofore 
examined.  I  have  not  one  single  suggestion  to  make  for  improvement.  On 
the  contrary,  I  commend  its  appointments  as  a  standard  well  worth  the  study 
and  imitation  of  every  similar  institution  in  the  land.  The  favorable  cli- 
mate of  the  Asheville  plateau,  the  natural  advantages  of  the  School's  loca- 
tion, its  perfect  system  of  sewerage,  and  its  water  supply  (which  my  chem- 
ical and  bacteriological  examination  shows  to  be  absolutely  pure),  as  well  as 
the  liberal  and  wholesome  diet  furnished,  are  matters  of  such  importance  as 
to  justify  the  unqualified  recommendation  of  this  School  for  the  education 
of  youths  whose  parents  or  guardians  consider  the  physical  development 
and  good  health  of  the  student  of  equal  importance  with  mental  culture. 

(Signed)  KARL  VON  RUCK,  M.  D., 

Member  Am.  Pub.  Health  Asssociation,  Am.  Climatological   Association. 


From  Dr.  P.  L.  Murphy,  Supt.  State  Hospital,  Morganton,  N.  C. 

It  was  my  privilege  recently  to  visit  and  inspect,  with  care,  The  Bingham 
School,  at  Asheville,  N.  C.  It  was  gratifying  to  me,  a  former  pupil  of  this  fa- 
mous School,  to  find  it  fully  abreast  of  the  times  in  every  respect.  The  food 
is  excellent  and  abundant,  the  water  pure  and  of  sufficient  quantity,  and 
the  situation  itself,  on  a  high  hill,  makes  the  sanitation  first  class;  and, 
besides,  every  means  known  has  been  used  to  make  it  PERFECT.  The  plumb- 
ing is  simple  and  effective.  In  short,  everything  that  can  be  done  has  been 
done  to  make  the  boys  healthy  and  to  keep  them  so. 

The  reputation  of  the  School  under  its  present  management,  for  thorough- 


ness  in  every   detail   of  moral,    physical   and   intellectual  culture  is 
least  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  its  past,  if  not  above  it. 

I  was  particularly  impressed  with  this  fact — that  every  expedient  which1 
great  thought  and  experience  could  possibly  suggest  to  prevent  accident  to 
the  boys,  has  been  adopted. 

(Signed)  P.  h.  MURPHY,  M.  D.,  Superintendent. 


From  Dr.  S.  C.  McUilvra,  of  West  Superior,  Wisconsin. 

Office  of  McGilvra  &  Straw,  i  303  Tower  Ave., 
West  Superior,  Wisconsin,  April  16,  1894. 

To  %>hom  it  may  concern  : 

On  the  25th  of  March  last,  I  made  a  very  careful  and  critical  inspection  of 
The  Bingham  School,  at  Asheville,  N.  C,  and  I  was  astonished  at  its  high 
excellence  in  every  detail.  The  location,  the  quarters,  the  class-rooms,  the 
gymnasium,  the  equipment  and  service  of  the  mess-hall  and  kitchen,  the 
ventilation,  the  drainage,  the  sanitation  are  much  The  BEST  that  I  have  ever 
seen  anywhere,  North  or  South,  and  must  appeal  very  strongly  to  the  small- 
er but  higher  class  of  parents  who  are  satisfied  with  only  the  BEST  for  their 
sons. 

Very  respectfully, 

(Signed)  S.  C.  McGILyVRA,  M.  D. 


From  Dr.  F.  V.  Van  Artsdalen,  of  Philadelphia,  in  "Odd  Fellows'  Sitt- 
ings, "  of  March  10,  1894. 

The  most  distinguished  among  all  the  educational  institutions  of  North 
Carolina  is  The  Bingham  School.  It  stands  pre-eminent  among  Southern 
schools  for  boys,  and  ranks  with  the  best  in  the  Union.  I  visited  this  School 
yesterday.  For  sanitation,  ventilation,  and  the  principles  of  hygiene,  I  look 
upon  it  as  not  being  surpassed  by  any  similar  or  other  institution 
in  THE  world.  Much  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  plumbing  and  water 
supply,  which  is  from  a  fine  mountain  spring  and  is  of  the  purest  quality. 
The  drainage  is  complete  and  perfect.  [  can  recommend  this  School  to 
any  father  who  desires  a  thorough  education  for  his  son. 

(Signed)  F.  V.  VAN  ARTSDALEN,  M.  D. 

Asheville,  N.  C,  Feb.  20  1894. 


From  Dr.  J.  C.  Erwin,  of  McKinney,  Texas. 

Office  of 
Gibson  &  Erwin,  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
McKinney,  Texas,  April  16,  1894. 
It  gave  me  great  pleasure  to  make  a   careful   inspection   of  The   Bingbam 
School,  its  location  and  surroundings,  a  few  days  ago.    I  was  especially  inter- 
ested in  the  sanitary  conditions,  and  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying,  after 
a  careful  examination,  that  they  are  perfect  in  every  detail,  and  superb  in 
their  completeness.      The  arrangements  for  ventilation,  heating,  water  sup- 
ply, drainage  and  sewerage  are  certainly  SUPERIOR  to  anything  I  have  ever 
seen  before,  and  can  but  secure  in  return   health,  convenience,   comfort  and 
safety. 

(Signed)  J.  C.  ERWIN,  M.  D. 


From  W.  A.  Goode,  M.  D.,  Waco,  N.  C. 

I  was  in  Asheville,  N.  C,  in  November,  1897,  attending  the  Western  North 
Carolina  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Kpiscopal  Church,  South,  and  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  Col.  Bingham,  Superintendent  of  The  Bingham  School, 
which  is  beautifully  located  outside  of  the  city  on  a  commanding  eminence 
overlooking  the  French  Broad  River.  I  gave  the  buildings  and  grounds  of 
the  School  a  critical  examination  and  I  must  say  in  all  candor  that  I  had 
never  dreamed  of  such  completeness  and  excellence  as  to  sanitation  and  the 
laws  of  hygiene  as  I  found  to  have  been  attained  and  put  into  opperation 
there.  Col.  Bingham  has  adapted  his  buildings  and  the  mode  of  living  to 
Nature's  laws  and  hence  it  seems  to  me  that  the  sanitation,  drainage,  heat- 
ing, ventilation,  and  water  supply  are  PERFECT.  It  is  truly  a  great  School 
and  is  worthy  of  the  patronage  of  the  best  people  of  the  Nation. 

(Signed)  W.  A.  GOODE,  M.  D. 


From  Dr.  B.  A.  Ledbetter,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Office  of  Dr.  B.  A.  Ledbetter, 
No.  5  Bourbon   Street,  New  Orleans,  La., 

November  10th,  1898. 
Col.  R.  Bingham,  Asheville,  N.  C, 

My  Dear  Colonel : — It  gives  me  pleasure  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  tht^ 
pamphlets.  It  is  useless  for  me  to  note  what  the  Doctors  say  about  the  sani- 
tation and  ventilation  of  your  School.  I  saw  it  all  myself  and  I  must  say 
that  I  have  never  seen  anything  anywhere  to  compare  to  it.  It  will  always 
be  a  pleasure  to  me  to  say  to  my  friends  that  I  inspected  your  magnificent 
school  plant,  and  if  I  were  asked  what  was  the  most  interesting  thing  I  saw 
in  North  Carolina,  I  should  say,  "THE  BINGHAM  SCHOOL."  And  here 
let  me  add  that  I  have  a  boy,  and  if  he  is  spared  to  me,  I  shall  intrust  his 
education  to  you. 

Very  truly  yi^Jps-, 

B.  A.  LEDBETTER,  M.  D. 


From  Prof.  J.  D.  Eggleston,  Supt.  City  Schools. 

Asheville  City  Schools, 

J.  D.  Eggleston,  Sup't., 

Asheville,  N.  C,  Nov.  26  1898. 
Col.  R.  Bingham: 

My  Dear  Sir: — Your  system  of  Closets  has  been  adopted  in  the  Orange; 
Street  School  in  toto,  and  has  worked  admirably.  I  shall  advocate  the  dis-j 
placement  of  the  modern  Flush  System  for  yours  in  the  Montford  Avenue] 
School  also.  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  yours  is  incomparably  the  best 
system  I  have  ever  seen,  and  in  this  estimate  I  am  backed  by  the  Cityj 
Plumbing  Inspector  and  by  Mr.  Boyce,  who  is  himself  a  practical  and  ex-j 
pert  plumber.  I  shall  also  earnestly  advocate  the  adoption  in  all  our  school 
buildings  of  your  automatic  system  of  ventilation,  which  I  consider  th?| 
simplest  and  the  most  effective  I  have  ever  seen  anywhere. 

Yours  truly, 

J.  D.  EGGLESTON,  Jr., 

Sup't.  City  Schools. 

For  Catalogue,  giving  very  full  particulars,  address, 

Col.  R.  Bingham,  Asheville,  N.  C. 


